Jan 26, 2019 cloudsmith is a package management service that helps companies to reliably manage the dependencies, deployment and distribution of their software stack in one centralised and secure place. The data on longterm variations in sand transport rates provide a record of the response of sand transport rates to external stressors, including drought periods and changes in the composition of vegetation communities. The vast namib sand sea, which covers roughly,125 square miles 34,000 square kilometers along the coast of namibia, is one of the worlds oldest and largest sand deserts. It is a vast area of spectacular sand dunes, featuring two superimposed. A new digital atlas of the geomorphology of the namib sand sea in southern africa has been developed. It is the capital of the erongo administrative district. In terms of packaging support, cloudsmith provides hosting of packages for alpine linux, composer php. Dembased morphometry of largescale sand dune patterns in. Bated breath turned to utter relief in the early morning hours of friday, 21 june, when it was announced that the namib sand sea has been declared as a natural world heritage site. Spacecraft launch mission status sensor complement ground segment references. Time lapse, wildlife and landscape in the namib desert, namibia. Bitis peringueyi, also known as the peringueys adder, peringueys desert adder or sidewinding adder, is a venomous viper species found in namibia and southern angola. Thomasf a school of science and technology, the university of northampton, northampton nn2 6jd, united kingdom bdepartment of earth and planetary sciences. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryusedbook markings inside.
Sand grains in african desert 1 million years old live. An astronaut aboard the international space station focused a lens on the margin of a sand sea in the namib desert of southwestern africa. In addition, it is intended that the database described here could, in future, be linked to other projects such as the sand seas and dune fields of the world digital quaternary atlas see link which focuses on sand sea geochronologies. The national park is the combination of the namib desert, thought to be the worlds oldest desert, and the naukluft mountains, which serve as a sanctuary for endemic hartmann zebras. Swakopmund german for mouth of the swakop is a city on the coast of western namibia, 352 km 219 mi west of the namibian capital windhoek via the b2 main road. School of science and technology, the university of northampton, northampton nn2 6jd, united kingdom. Looking inland from an iss position over the south atlantic near sunset, the highest linear dunes show smaller linear dunes riding along their crests. This property has a balcony, free private parking and free wifi.
Diamond arrow winner best community newspaper 2014. The namib sand sea area, now an official world heritage site, comprises a large part of the namib naukluft park. The namib sand sea world heritage site falls entirely within the greater sossusvlei namib landscape. The namib sand sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables. Jun 05, 2017 now that weve set up a new database and remoteenabled user, lets test the database and connections. March 27, 2016, with a nikon d4 digital camera using a 500 millimeter lens, and is provided by the iss crew. For the thrill of a lifetime, book your adventure tour with sandwaves and let us spoil you to the best namibia has to offer. Astronaut photograph iss047e23405 was acquired on march 27, 2016, with a nikon d4 digital camera using a 500 millimeter lens, and is.
The name namib is of khoekhoegowab origin and means vast place. Areas of sand dunes occur in inland and coastal settings. Global sand seas abstracts pdf university of sheffield. Working group members namib sand sea digital database. Namib independent issue 175 by the namib independent issuu. It is hoped that the namib database will establish a framework within which studies of other global sand seas can be situated and similar databases utilising the. Set of data covering the namib sand sea area of sand dunes in namibia including dems, satellite images, point ages and dune crests. Thomasf a school of science and technology, the university of northampton, northampton nn2 6jd, united kingdom. One of the first images returned to earth by astronauts was of the sand sea terminating abruptly against the kuiseb river, an ephemeral river that flows just often enough to keep the major part of the dunes south of it. Its one of the worlds only coastal deserts, with dune fields winding over its 3 million hectares.
Namib sand sea declared world heritage site travel news. An astronaut aboard the international space station iss used a long lens to document what crews have termed one of the most spectacular features of the planet. The namib sand sea digital database livingstone et al. The namib sand sea digital database of aeolian dunes and. The sand comes as a deposit o f rivers into the ocean and than blown onshore and further inland. The inscribed area stretches from the kuiseb river southwards to include approximately 66% of the central namib dune sea.
Namib sand sea gallery unesco world heritage centre. Linear dunes, namib sand sea nasa earth observatory. It includes favourite tourist destinations such as sossusvlei and sandwich harbour. The application of cosicorr to determine dune system dynamics in the southern namib desert using aster data. The pristine desert near the atlantic coast of namibia is home to several game parks and is a prime region for stargazing because of its clear and light. Sentinel2 the optical imaging mission for land services. The beautiful red sand of the namib sand sea flows right up to the actual waves of the ocean. The namib sand sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing.
This meeting took place on the 18th october 2010, at the royal geographical society in london and provided the working group with an opportunity to both explain the atlas and to explore ways in which we felt that atlas data could be used to answer fundamental scientific questions about sand seas. A new digital atlas of the geomorphology of namib sand sea in southern africa. Analyzing dune dynamics at the dunefield scale based on multi. Most footage shot on the canon c300 mark ii and available in 4k contact martin harvey at. It is hoped that the namib database will establish a framework within which studies of other global sand seas can be situated and similar. Before we continue, its best to verify that you can connect to your database from both the local machine and from your web server using the wordpressuser accounts. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Namib sand sea digital database university of sheffield. Spatial database open source geo tools, crowdsourcing geo. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers 196 square kilometres 76 sq mi of land. Polygon files of the ephemeral drainage basin catchments impinging on the namib sand sea were digitised from maps. Sand of namibias namib sand sea is derived from the orange river in south africa and takes, on average, one million years to travel the 400km distance across the desert.
The establishment of a digital atlas for the namib sand sea has enabled us to recognise and integrate data sources that will help us further to investigate the past, present and future development of the sand sea and to describe the ways in which the database can be used to examine relationships between key forcing variables. Namib sand sea digital database the university of sheffield. Data from the international centre for integrated mountain development, focusing on the himalayas. For more information about the projects program at wpi, please see. The remarkableness of the 50,000squarekilometre namib dune sea within the namibnaukluft national park about the size of belgium has now been. The remarkableness of the 50,000squarekilometre namib dune sea within the namibnaukluft national. The namib sand sea lies at the heart of the namib, a coastal fog desert on africas south atlantic coast in namibia. Filmed in the namib desert, fish river canyon, spitzkoppe mountains and the areas around swakopmund. The namib desert is widely considered to be one of the oldest and most beautiful desert regions. Welcome to the home page of the sand seas and dunefields fixed term working group of the british society for geomorphology. The sand sea consists of two dune seas, one on top of the other. Data from the international centre for integrated mountain development, focusing on.
Geographic resources analysis support system grass gis software, version. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site is. On this sand dune anasillomos juergeni photo below, anypodetus sp. Namib sand sea data namib sand sea digital database. According to the broadest definition, the namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres 1,200 mi along the atlantic coasts of angola, namibia, and south africa, extending southward from the carunjamba river in angola, through namibia. The application of cosicorr to determine dune system. Working group conference namib sand sea digital database. It offers software and conversion tools, as well as downloadable shapefiles extracted from interactive maps. Undoubtedly, for most people desert equals sand, and there are few more spectacular examples of sand desert erg than the namib dunes, which stretch for most of namibias atlantic coast, pushing south into south africa, and north into angola. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site is composed of two dune systems, an ancient semiconsolidated one overlain by a younger active one. E and the kuiseb river at walvis bay on the coast, 2255.
Sentinel2 is a multispectral operational imaging mission within the gmes global monitoring for environment and security program, jointly implemented by the ec european commission and esa european space agency for global land. E, in a relatively narrow strip, reaching as far inland as the base of the great escarpment. Freely available data for namibia in categories of climate, physical geography, livingresources, land and history and people, services and infrastructure. Viewed from any scale the namib sand sea is a fascinating place. Pdf the namib sand sea digital database of aeolian dunes. This is the second unesco world heritage site for namibia namibias delegation to the 37th session of the world heritage committee meeting held in phnom penh, cambodia, cheered at the. The namib sand sea world heritage site falls entirely within the greater sossusvleinamib landscape. Namib sand sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Namib dunes are the oldest in the world approximately 30 million years old and spread over 32 500 square kilometres 300 km along the coast and up to 140 km into the inland. Sand and sea 25 is located in swakopmund, a few steps from the mole beach, a 5minute walk from palm beach, and half a mile from north beach. Dune widths in the namib sand sea do not show strong trends with elevation.
The sand waves half day tour provides you with the ultimate desert experience. Once your feet are planted you can have 3 or 4 distros going at the same time to test like some of us but namib is one that i am going to be backing up and hanging onto for a long time thanks to clonezilla. Outline is determined from combined sar and iss imaging science subsystem, visible camera data 11. Linear dunes, aeolian processes, namib sand sea, kalahari, morphometric analysis. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a. Development of driver guidelines and testing system, course. The namib sand sea is a major physiographic feature of this coastal desert and stretches between luderitz 2639.
The namib desert in southwest africa stretches along 1,000 km of the namibian coast and some180 km inland. The pristine desert near the atlantic coast of namibia is home to several game parks and is a prime region for stargazing because of its clear and lightfree night skies. Using gis software, a polygon is drawn around the dunefield to. Formerly, sand dune patterns were investigated mostly by aerial and satellite images, but more recently, geomorphometric analysis based on digital elevation models dems has become an important approach. Influence of cell size on volume calculation using digital. A variety of spatial climate data were derived from the namib atlas.
The namib sandsea is a coastal fog desert, 50 to150 km wide, which covers most of its southern half, encompassing two immense, complex and visually striking dune systems, one ancient and half lithified, one active and younger overlying it. Volume calculation from digital elevation models dems or digital terrain models. The city is situated in the namib desert and is the fourth largest population centre in. Interactive maps including data from the earth and sun, including earth observations from space and sea floor data. Aeolian processes are responsible for the emission andor mobilization of dust and the formation of areas of sand dunes. They largely depend on other geologic agents, such as rivers and waves, to supply sediment for transport. Home namib sand sea digital database namib sand sea data download the nssdd data. Namib sand sea declared world heritage site travel news namibia. The foundation is an ancient sand sea that has existed for about 21 million years. For the 3rd time, i visited this site in the namib desert at the easternmost edge of the namib sand sea on the c14 north of solitaire khomas, namibia.
This is an important transition zone in which major. Namib sand sea data namib sand sea digital database the. On the way, youll be spoilt with sparkling wine and a variety of snacks. This atlas incorporates a number of databases including a digital elevation model aster and srtm and other remote sensing databases that cover climate era40 and vegetation pal and gimms. Spatial database open source geo tools, crowdsourcing. Namib gnulinux a linux distribution which is based on arch linux. The namib sand sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing vari ables. Sand sea dune forms is modified after the namib sand sea digital database of. Fluvialaeolian sedimentary facies, sossusvlei, namib. Mariadb is an opensource database management system, commonly used as an alternative for the mysql portion of the popular lamp linux, apache, mysql, phppythonperl stack.
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